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deNew Zealand: Creative and challenging memorial to a World War One COhttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26395
<p><span class="inline inline-middle"><img src="http://www.wri-irg.org/de/system/files/images/NZ-3.img_assist_custom-565x424.jpg" alt="Photo: Peace Action Wellington" title="Photo: Peace Action Wellington" class="image image-img_assist_custom-565x424 " width="565" height="424" /><span class="caption" style="width: 563px;"><strong>Photo: Peace Action Wellington</strong></span></span></p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26395" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26395#commentsNeuseelandZiviler Ungehorsam/GAKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernTue, 26 Apr 2016 10:07:55 +0000HBrock26395 at https://www.wri-irg.orgCO recognised in part of Kurdish Syrian region of Rojavahttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26381
<p align="left"><span class="inline inline-left"><a href="https://rojavareport.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/right-of-conscientious-objection-recognized-in-rojava/"><img src="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/images/ypgrojava.img_assist_custom-324x162.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom-324x162 " width="323" height="162" /></a></span>We <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/node/23519">previously reported in CO Update</a> that conscription had begun in Rojava, a <em>de facto</em> autonomous Kurdish region in Syria. Now, the government of Cizre canton has recognised the right to conscientious objection.</p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26381" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26381#commentsSyrienKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernMon, 25 Apr 2016 11:16:29 +0000HBrock26381 at https://www.wri-irg.orgLithuania: conscription may become permanenthttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26379
<p>Having reintroduced conscription temporarily (for a span of five years) last year, the State Defence Council decided in March that mandatory military service would be enacted indefinitely. The council's decision now have to be approved at the Seimas, the country's parliament. Conscription had been abolished in 2008, but was reintroduced - and defence spending also increased - citing security threats in Eastern Europe.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26379" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26379#commentsLitauenKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernMon, 25 Apr 2016 10:58:37 +0000HBrock26379 at https://www.wri-irg.orgRumours of conscription: Bulgaria, Iraq, North Koreahttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26374
<p align="left">There are often rumours of conscription in times of political tension, or when right-wing spokespeople raise fears of the 'indiscipline of youth'. Such rumours often circulate without impact, but sometimes they are the start of a wider campaign and eventual reintroduction of compulsory military service.</p><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26374" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26374#commentsBulgarienIrakNord KoreaKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernFri, 22 Apr 2016 17:07:28 +0000HBrock26374 at https://www.wri-irg.orgEditorialhttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26344
<p>Compulsory recruitment to the military affects different people and groups in different ways. This month we share the story of <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/Thai-Transgender-Alliance-issues-guidelines-for-trans-people-recruited-by-the-military">transwomen in Thailand<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;"></span></span></a>. In many countries where men are drafted, trans* women<a name="sdfootnote1anc" href="#sdfootnote1sym" class="sdfootnoteanc"><sup>1</sup></a> are also recruited.</p><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26344" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26344#commentsKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernThu, 14 Apr 2016 10:19:20 +0000HBrock26344 at https://www.wri-irg.orgCONCODOC updated: new reports on Austria, Kyrgyzstan and Singaporehttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26339
<p><span class="inline inline-right"><a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Kyrgyzstan"><img src="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/images/kyrgyzstan-provinces-outline-map.img_assist_custom-264x141.gif" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom-264x141 " width="264" height="141" /></a></span>We update our <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/">World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service</a> on a rolling basis.</p>
<p>Updated reports on conscription and conscientious objection to military service are now available on <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> and <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Singapore">Singapore</a>.</p>
<p>Find all the available reports <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/co/rtba/index.html">here</a>.</p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26339" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26339#commentsÖsterreichKirgisistanSingapurKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernWed, 13 Apr 2016 12:01:39 +0000HBrock26339 at https://www.wri-irg.orgUSA: Air Force Times runs ad urging drone pilots to disobey orders https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26338
<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/system/files/images/KnowDronesAd.preview.jpg" alt="KnowDrones" title="KnowDrones" class="image image-preview " width="301" height="640" /><span class="caption" style="width: 299px;"><strong>KnowDrones</strong></span></span>A story that we missed a few months ago, but that we think is well worth sharing!</p><p><a href="http://www.knowdrones.com/">KnowDrones</a>, a campaigning group working to ban drones, placed an advert in the Air Force Times on September 14, 2015, which carried a message from 54 U.S. military veterans urging U.S. drone operators to refuse orders to fly drone surveillance and attack missions.</p><div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26338" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26338#commentsVereinigte Staates von AmerikaKriegsdienstverweigerungWed, 13 Apr 2016 11:36:36 +0000HBrock26338 at https://www.wri-irg.orgColombia: new report shows banned recruitment practices are still used; Constitutional Court urges release of student recruitedhttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26335
<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/images/ACOOC-report-detenciones-arbitrarias.img_assist_custom-254x328.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom-254x328 " width="254" height="328" /></span>A <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/Informe%20Detenciones%20Arbitrarias%20-%20Batidas%20-%20ACOOC%20-%202015.pdf">new report</a> from ACOOC addresses recruitment to the military in Colombia, focusing on the phenomenon of arbitrary detention - usually undertaken through <em>batidas</em> (raids). Though&nbsp;<em>batidas</em> are banned, this report shows that, in practice, they are still common. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/Informe%20Detenciones%20Arbitrarias%20-%20Batidas%20-%20ACOOC%20-%202015.pdf">The report</a> has been produced by the <em>Acción colectiva de objetores y objetoras de conciencia</em> (ACOOC: Conscientious Objectors' Collective Action) based on information collected in conjunction with other organisations and groups in the <em>Proceso Distrital de Objeción de Conciencia.</em></p>
<p>In January, the <a href="http://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/RELATORIA/2016/T-004-16.htm">Colombian Constitutional Court</a> ruled that the army should release Cristian Andrés Cortés Calderón. Cristian had been recruited last August, whilst he was still in his final year of high school. Students are allowed to postone military service, but Cristian was nonetheless called up. In court, Cristian's father said that Cristian also works at night in a supermarket to financially support his family. The court ordered that he be released from the military within 48 hours.</p>
<p>The Court however also ruled that Cristian would still be liable for conscription when his studies end.</p>
<p><em>Sources: </em>corteconstitucional, <a href="http://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/RELATORIA/2016/T-004-16.htm">Sentencia T-004/16</a>, 19 January 2016; Caracol Radio, <a href="http://caracol.com.co/radio/2016/02/23/judicial/1456249499_134328.html">Ejército no puede reclutar a estudiantes de bachillerato así sean mayores de edad</a>, 23 February 2016.</p>
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<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26335" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26335#commentsKolumbienKriegsdienstverweigerungUnterstützt kolumbianische KDVer/innenAnti-RekrutierungsarbeitDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernMilitarisierung der JugendWed, 13 Apr 2016 10:43:17 +0000HBrock26335 at https://www.wri-irg.orgBolivia: solidarity statement from Colombian objectors after CO loses his case; court rules recent lowering in the age of recruitment to 17 years unconstitutionalhttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26334
<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/system/files/images/6715621425_83d37029ac_b.img_assist_custom-311x293.jpg" alt="Bolivian army training. Photo: USASOC News Service" title="Bolivian army training. Photo: USASOC News Service" class="image image-img_assist_custom-311x293 " width="311" height="293" /><span class="caption" style="width: 309px;"><strong>Bolivian army training. Photo: USASOC News Service</strong></span></span>Colombian conscientious objectors have releseased a statement with conscientious objectors in Bolivia. Read it <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/node/26376">here</a> in English (<a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/node/26319">Spanish version here</a>).</p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26334" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26334#commentsBoliviaKolumbienKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernWed, 13 Apr 2016 09:48:51 +0000HBrock26334 at https://www.wri-irg.orgNew conscientious objector in Egypthttps://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26158
<div><em><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KXwqncA1g7c" frameborder="0" height="350" width="425"></iframe></em></div><p>WRI's Egyptian affiliate <a href="http://www.nomilservice.com/2016/03/nomilservice-egypt-must-recognize-samir.html">NoMilService </a>are working with a new conscientious objector,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/en/node/26154">Samir Elsharbaty. </a>Samir has requested his exemption from the service in March. You can find NoMilService's statement supporting him <a href="http://www.nomilservice.com/2016/03/nomilservice-egypt-must-recognize-samir.html">here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26158" target="_blank">Weiterlesen</a></p>https://www.wri-irg.org/de/node/26158#commentsEgyptFront PageKriegsdienstverweigerungDas Recht, das Töten zu verweigernThu, 07 Apr 2016 13:00:33 +0000HBrock26158 at https://www.wri-irg.org